Finalists for the 2008 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award announced.

Published Sunday, 14 October 2007

The judging panel has short listed 27 artists for the 2008 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award to be held at Werribee Park, Victoria, from the end of February to the end of May 2008.The finalists include:

Artist

Title

Anna Eggert ACT

Margot, Carenza and Gosia

Arthur Wicks NSW

Premonition of Conflict

Aseem Pereira NSW

How Can We Sleep?

Ben Fasham VIC

Circuitous

Bob Jenyns TAS

Pont de L'Archeveche

Dean Bowen VIC

Bird Wall

Donna Marcus QLD

Aerate

Duke Albada NSW

Susurrus

Guy Bottroff SA

A Model Family

Joanne Mott VIC

Ha Ha Reversed

John Kelly

Yellow Peril (Square Eyes)

John Nicholson NSW

Extended Frequency (Fallen)

Jon Tarry WA

Ballarat to Baghdad and Back

Jonathan Leahey VIC

Ace

Kerrie Poliness VIC

Field Drawing No.1

Kirsteen Pieterse NSW

Fossil

Lisa Roet VIC

Cradle

Louise Paramor VIC

Monumental Jam Session

Mark Grey-Smith WA

Within

Mathieu Gallois NSW

Golden Pyramid

Matthew Harding VIC

Midden

Mattys Gerber NSW

Poles

Nerine Martini NSW

Life Boat/Thuyen Cuu Roi

Sebastian Di Mauro QLD

Folly

Simon Lloyd VIC

Volume

Tim Kyle NSW

Diver

Tim Spellman ACT

Arts Ripple No.2

In total, there are nine finalists from Victoria, nine from NSW, two from Queensland, two from ACT, two from Western Australia, one from Tasmania, one from South Australia and one that lives overseas. Of the 27, 10 artists have been previous Lempriere Award finalists.